Kock's mouse-eared bat
| Kock's mouse-eared bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Myotis |
| Species: | M. dieteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Myotis dieteri Happold, 2005 | |
Kock's mouse-eared bat (Myotis dieteri) is a species of mouse-eared bat found in the Republic of the Congo.
Kock's mouse-eared bat was described as a new species in 2005 by Meredith Happold. The holotype had been collected in a limestone cave by Jean-Paul Adam some time between 1961–1968. The eponym for the species name dieteri is German mammalogist Dieter Kock.[2]
References
- ^ Happold. M. (2019). "Myotis dieteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136678A22038629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136678A22038629.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Happold, Meredith (2005). "A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from central Africa". Acta Chiropterologica. 7: 9. doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[9:ANSOMC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1733-5329. S2CID 86263806.